Effect Of Short Time Viewing Patterns On Ratings And Shares
Stickiness as an objective for television
Bernhard EngelGerman Television ZDF and Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fernsehforschung
INTRODUCTION
As times go to electronic program guides and the use of Internet via television and interactivity in television, one should keep in mind that television is not 'brain driven' but 'mood management'. The choice of programs therefore cannot completely be made by 'guides', 'explorer trees' or via 'personalization'. The act of choice is a process benefit. To choose or to skip a program without rationality remains important for the understanding of human behaviour.
In order...